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Sunday, January 1, 2012

AZMEX I3 30-12-11

AZMEX I3 30 DEC 2011

Note: This one could use further investigation. Commit murders in Mexico and escape to safety in the U.S. Especially sanctuary states and cities. Guess he couldn't make it to CA, SF, et al.Also, how did he get caught in Phoenix??

Triple-murder suspect deported at NogalesMarcos Samuel Rentería Gaxiola, alias "El Mamut," allegedly confessed to killing three people – including a toddler – on New Year's Day 2011.

A man wanted for the murder of two adults and a toddler in Caborca, Sonora was arrested by U.S. authorities in Phoenix and handed over to Mexican law enforcement in Nogales last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

Marcos Samuel Rentería Gaxiola, alias "El Mamut," was deported through Nogales on Dec. 23, U.S. and Mexican officials said. The 26- year-old suspect was wanted for the Jan. 1, 2011 murder of two men and a 2-year-old boy.

"Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations learned of his presence in the U.S. as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected criminal activity," said ICE spokesperson Amber Cargile. "Once we confirmed he was wanted in Mexico as a homicide suspect, ICE agents apprehended him in Phoenix and made his subsequent removal a priority."

ICE then worked in collaboration with the U.S. Border Patrol to hand Rentería over to Mexican law enforcement at the border, Cargill said. ICE's attaché in Mexico coordinated with officials there, she said.

However, a news release issued by the Sonora State Investigative Police, or PEI, left out any mention of U.S.-Mexican collaboration in the case. Instead, the agency said, its agents in Nogales, Sonora captured Renteria by chance during a routine patrol near the border.

According to the PEI, the agents noticed a group of people being repatriated to Mexico from the United States on Dec. 23. One of the deportees reportedly told the officers that he had heard that wanted murderer "El Mamut" was among the group.

The PEI said the agents then tracked the man down, detained him, confirmed his identity and confirmed the warrant for his arrest. After he was transferred to Caborca for questioning, he allegedly confessed to the New Year's Day murders, though he said he never intended to kill the child.

Rentería allegedly told investigators that on the day of the murders, he was outside his parents' house, trying to light a bonfire, when Emilio Valenzuela, 24, and Jesús Manuel Baez Díaz, 29, pulled up in a pickup truck and tried to force their way onto the property.

When he blocked their path, Renteria said, the men threatened him and his family, so he ran into the house and pulled an assault rifle from under a bed. He then jumped into a vehicle and chased after them.

When he caught up with the men, he saw that they were armed, so he shot them several times, Renteria allegedly said.

He then fled to Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point), and from there crossed illegally into the United States. He said he didn't know that the child had been shot until he was on the run.